Francke says, “No superstar guests this time, but I think it's my most consistent record to date from song 1-15, with all the songs thematically linked bv the notion of love--implied, died, in full bloom, old, new, friendship, romantic, love of place, love of love itself--however love can lend itself to songwriting and storytelling without it being trite. No small feat, and I hope I pulled it off.”